I'm moving to Boston from San Diego in a year, but I don't know a soul there, nor do I know how to get the important stuff (job, apartment) set up from so far away. Questions follow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 11, 2009 - 10 answers

I've got eleven months to go on a lease, and a whole slew of problems with a new (to me) apartment, and a cheap, possibly negligent landlord. How do I remedy them? LOTS of details inside. But if you don't want to read the whole kit-and-caboodle inside here are the Cliff notes: (a) Landlord took more than weeks to fix the unusable bathroom sink; blamed the repairman. (b) Landlord expects me to find/select/transport the washer/dryer he’s obligated by lease to provide, and was missing on our move-in, and for less than $200. (c) Landlord flat-out refused to clean disgustingly smelly carpets we encountered on moving day (d) Landlord reneged on verbal agreement to replace crappy kitchen linoleum (e) Landlord made repeated, guilt-trippy and borderline abusive calls about first month's rent, and (bonus) (f) makes (super odd) references to lesbians. [Way too many details inside; you probably don't need to bother reading unless you want specific specifics] [more inside]
posted by mr. remy on Sep 30, 2009 - 21 answers

I'm moving back to Boston. I hear there is a bedbug epidemic. What can I do to minimize my chances of getting bedbugs? [more inside]
posted by sully75 on Apr 1, 2009 - 10 answers

Help me find an apartment in Boston! [more inside]
posted by nasreddin on Mar 28, 2009 - 16 answers

As a tenant, how feasible is buying your own major appliances for a place you're renting? [more inside]
posted by ignignokt on Mar 2, 2009 - 19 answers

Boston Filter: Where should I live in Boston? 20 minutes, or less, from Tufts Medical in Chinatown. [more inside]
posted by objdoc on Aug 12, 2008 - 10 answers

What's the best way to find a nice 2br apartment in the greater Boston Metro area? [more inside]
posted by Slap*Happy on Jun 15, 2008 - 16 answers

Where in Boston should we live? Why? [more inside]
posted by Perplexity on Mar 3, 2008 - 15 answers

City-living n00b: what do I do with smelly trash on the weekends? [more inside]
posted by olinerd on Sep 15, 2007 - 21 answers

The wife and I are moving to Boston sometime this summer and naturally I have housing questions. Their are previous questions here, but most are at least a year old. Naturally... [more inside]
posted by UMDirector on Jun 18, 2007 - 28 answers

What rights do I have if my landlord wants to do 3 weeks of repairs on my apartment? [more inside]
posted by david1230 on Jun 12, 2007 - 13 answers

Vacating my rented studio apartment in Cambridge, Mass., and I need a new tenant to take over the apartment starting May 1. What can I do to advertise this opening and get a new tenant, stat (e.g. Craigslist, etc.)? [more inside]
posted by cadge on Apr 8, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm a midwesterner looking to move to Boston in August. How should I search for an apartment? [more inside]
posted by brett on Mar 15, 2006 - 22 answers

De-leaded Apartments in Boston: What's the Scoop? [more inside]
posted by mds35 on Jan 30, 2006 - 8 answers

BostonRealty: My lease ends in September and a friend and I are planning on moving in together. We need a new place. We both work full time (and then some) and have some pretty specific requirements. Should we be having a realtor help us look? [more inside]
posted by ThePants on May 20, 2005 - 7 answers